# Cairn Research Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [01881330](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01881330)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 29 Jan 1985
- **Registered office:** CAIRN RESEARCH, GRAVENEY ROAD, FAVERSHAM, ME13 8UP
- **Nature of business:** [26701](/sic/26701) Manufacture of optical precision instruments, [74100](/sic/74100) specialised design activities



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Andrew Ardern | director | 1 May 2012 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Martin Vincent Thomas | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 26 Oct 2021 |
| Cairn Research Trustees Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 26 Oct 2021 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2025 | £3,000,821 | £1,306,735 | 26 |
| 30 Apr 2024 | £3,560,380 | £1,127,228 | 26 |
| 30 Apr 2023 | £3,906,431 | £1,316,911 | 26 |
| 30 Apr 2022 | £3,472,411 | £1,328,016 | 27 |
| 30 Apr 2021 | £2,998,537 | £1,493,556 | 27 |
| 30 Apr 2020 | £2,576,980 | £530,648 | 25 |
| 30 Apr 2019 | £2,469,956 | £631,917 | 29 |
| 30 Apr 2018 | £2,703,796 | £303,888 | 26 |
| 30 Apr 2017 | £2,383,484 | £926,356 | 24 |
| 30 Apr 2016 | £2,194,392 | £1,140,148 | - |
| 30 Apr 2015 | £1,788,306 | £376,448 | - |
| 30 Apr 2014 | - | £168,000 | - |



## Owned by

Cairn Research Limited → [Cairn Research Trustees Limited](/company/13474313)




## Directors' other companies

- [HILL, Andrew Ardern](/person/6322592) - director at [Cairn Research Trustees Limited](/company/13474313)